I'd like to know the answer to the subject question.
I suspect it's white tea, but I want to be sure.

Thanks in advance,

George

You can take leaf and sun dry it like white tea or roast it like
green. I prefer the roasting which locks in the flavor while sun
drying withers. One man's less processing is another man's less
taste.

Jim

George Cherry wrote:

Bet it would be the silver needles tea. Can't do much processing with that
or it'll destroy the silver hairs.

Well, I grew a Camellia Sinensis plant a couple years ago. Only got to be a
foot tall before it started to die. So I harvested the leaves, seared them
a little bit, chopped them up a bit and steeped them, and it was the
sweetest tea I'd ever had. Stunningly sweet, even though the brew was
almost clear.

On Sep 28, 7:21 am, "Slint Flig" zossngo.com> wrote:

Remember that chinese monk who fell asleep under a tea tree and woke
up with a leaf in his water ?
Chopping sounds a bit like over the top.

Karsten

"Slint Flig" zossngo.com> wrote in message
news:Qa0Li.139970$dI1.79450@newsfe08.phx...

How do you think it would have tasted
if you hadn't seared the leaves?

Probably about the same. I didn't sear them very well, or for very long, or
on high enough heat. I'd only read about people doing it so I didn't really
know what the hell I was doing.

Great tasting brew though! So sweet. Unlike anything I've ever bought. I
can understand why people started making tea all those thousands of years
ago..

And I chopped them up because each leaf was about 1.5" by 3"..

Hello Slint!,
What part of the world and area are you located? I would love to grow
one as well. Maybe not for harvesting but who knows? Just a challenge
to try to grow something I really love alot. And I must say that I
have been succesful here in South Coastal Texas for most of what I
have tried Eeeh hawww!!! Maybe the climate here will be good. Has
anyone had any success in a US southern (subtropical) climate? And
where can I obtain seedlings? Do they need grafting?
Very cool job you must have done to get such sweet nice leaves even as
the tree was dying. Wonder if the tree grew for many years how your
harvest would be?
Jenn

On Sep 29, 12:00 am, "Slint Flig" zossngo.com> wrote:

Ah yeah Slint,
Do you have any photos? Must have been some helluva leaf. Maybe an
oolong type?
Jenn

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:21:35 -0700, Jenn hotmail.com>
wrote:

Is there such a thing, as an Oolong leaf?

I thought Oolong was only a method of processing.

Lars
Stockholm

On Sep 29, 4:57 pm, Lars fake.com> wrote: